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    The players are expected to be charged after police uncovered an allegedly corrupt betting syndicate at a Sydney soccer club involving yellow cards.

    Junior MacarthurFC players allegedly paid $10,000 to fake yellow cards

    A-League players arrested for yellow card betting racket; foreign housing ban won’t solve shortage, says Shorten; university protesters need to be respectful, says Albanese. Follow updates here.

    • Tom Burton

    Yesterday

    AFP investigates large-scale ransomware attack on health company

    The Australian Federal Police and other authorities are investigating a large-scale ransomware attack on a private health business. Here’s how the day unfolded.

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    • Tom Rabe

    This Month

    AFR GIF - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers in-between television interviews at Parliament House in Canberra

    Time to fix budget’s structural deficit: accountants

    Accounting bodies say the federal budget should have done more to deliver substantive tax reform and a plan for implementation. Here’s how the day unfolded.

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    • Gus McCubbing

    Power bill relief, tax cuts in a budget ‘for every Australian’: Chalmers

    The Treasurer has handed down his third budget, promising cost-of-living relief to struggling Australians while delivering a second consecutive surplus. How the day unfolded.

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    • Gus McCubbing, Esther Han and Maxim Shanahan
    Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X.

    Plane makes safe emergency landing in Newcastle

    A light plane with three people on board and no functioning landing gear has landed safely after circling for two hours. Sydney bishop stabbing videos back online after court’s decision. Follow updates live.

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    • Gus McCubbing
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    Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor.

    Coalition plans return to Costello-era fiscal rules

    Angus Taylor says the opposition will propose to re-establish restrictions on government spending; the Coalition is set to unveil income tax reforms before the next election. Follow updates here.

    • Updated
    • Lois Maskiell
    Bruce Lehrmann leaves the Law Courts after losing his defamation case with Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson in Sydney on April 15, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer .

    Justice Michael Lee rules Lehrmann to pay trial costs

    Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay the vast majority of Network Ten’s legal costs for his failed defamation case; Air Vanuatu enters liquidation; Wong undecided on UN Palestine vote. How the day unfolded.

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    • Euan Black
    Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media has demanded a 100 per cent price increase to continue printing The Australian Financial Review in Perth.

    Kerry Stokes ‘cannot cop criticism’

    Teal MP Zoe Daniel has accused billionaire Kerry Stokes of anti-democratic behaviour after Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the AFR. Here’s how the day unfolded.

    • Updated
    • Gus McCubbing
    A MH-60R Seahawk Helicopter had flares dropped in front of it by a Chinese fighter jet.

    China admits to firing flares near Australian chopper: PM

    China admits helicopter was not in Chinese territory says Albanese; slow housing pipeline worries Chalmers; Stormy Daniels testifies. Follow updates here.

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    • Tom Burton
    The core size of the public service is to be reduced as a share of the state economy.

    Victorian government to shrink for first time in 15 years

    Victorian budget deficit rises, but surplus predictions brought forward; Biden warns Netanyahu to pursue ceasefire, not invasion. Follow updates here.

    • Updated
    • Maxim Shanahan
    Displaced Palestinians at a temporary camp in Rafah this month.

    Israel warns Palestinians to evacuate Rafah ahead of possible attacks

    Eastern Rafah residents told to evacuate; Chalmers warns against slash-and-burn approach to spending; Qantas settlement a quick win for consumers; murdered Australian surfers identified in Mexico. How the day unfolded.

    • Tom Burton
    Katy Gallagher sys the digital ID will reduce “the amount that you have to share about yourself”.

    Labor to outsource escaping violence payments

    Katy Gallagher says the government will continue outsourcing the payments for women; WA police have shot dead a teenager armed with a knife in Willetton. Follow updates here.

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    • Lois Maskiell
    Australian pathology business TissuPath has suffered a data breach.

    Thousands of domestic violence victims hit by third-party data breach

    Victoria’s largest public health service has been hit by an external data breach for patients between 1970 and 1993. NSW to deliver emergency domestic violence package in coming days. How the day unfolded.

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    • Campbell Kwan
    City of Sydney RSL Club was among the compromised venues.

    Police move to take down website with Clubs NSW data

    Cybercrime detectives are urgently working to have a site involved in a major data breach taken offline; Union warns data breach points to perils of offshoring IT jobs. How the day unfolded.

    • David Marin-Guzman
    Bruce Lehrmann departs court after the verdict.

    Judge in Lehrmann case slams Ten lawyer’s ‘misleading’ interviews

    Justice Michael Lee criticises Ten’s lawyer as he determines how much Bruce Lehrmann should pay in costs; Albanese pledges almost $1 billion for domestic violence victims. Here’s how the day unfolded.

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    • Tess Bennett
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    April

    From left, Jeremy O’Brien and Terry Rudolph.

    Quantum investment will bring Australian entrepreneurs home: PM

    Anthony Albanese says the government’s $1 billion investment in PsiQuantum will create 400 jobs; Triple zero access to be strengthened after Optus outage; Houthis attack four ships in Indian Ocean, Red Sea. Here’s how the day unfolded.

    • Updated
    • Maxim Shanahan
    Visiting Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday.

    Elon Musk makes surprise visit to China

    Tesla CEO meets Chinese premier; Taylor sets inflation ‘test’ for Chalmers; Albanese faces backlash for speech at domestic violence rally. Follow updates live.

    • Euan Black
    Thousands protest over violence against women in Sydney on Saturday.

    Thousands march in national rallies against gendered violence

    The PM is expected to attend a Canberra rally as protestors march to end violence against women; Richard Marles says Australia’s military package for Ukraine will not be its last. Here’s how the day unfolded.

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    • Lois Maskiell
    Racing Victoria CEO, Andrew Jones, has stepped down after less than two years.

    Racing Victoria boss resigns after months of pressure

    Andrew Jones steps down after intense scrutiny; Chalmers signals JobSeeker boost unlikely; Scott Morrison reveals anxiety battle. How the day unfolded.

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    • Euan Black
    Elon Musk has placated anxious Tesla shareholders, saying the EV car company’s unit sales will grow year over year in 2024.

    Top silk approached to represent Musk in eSafety fight

    Top Sydney silk Bret Walker SC will represent Elon Musk in his battle against Australia’s eSafety Commission; seven arrested in counter-terror raids after church attack. How the day unfolded.

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    • Gus McCubbing